Trachoma: translated by J. Herbert Parsons and Thos. Snowball ; with an introductory chapter by E. Treacher Collins
1991, Fine Facsimile Reprint. Alabama: The Classics of Ophthalmology Library. Fine copy in the original elaborately gilt-tooled full leather with raised bands. The classic Gryphon design. An exceptional example; corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. All edges gilt. Book contained in publisher's protective cardboard with editor's notes. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 232 pages; Physical desc.:lii, 232 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Notes:Translation of Das Trachom als Volks- und Heereskrankheit, published in 1903 Bibliography: p. 224-232. Translation of Das Trachom als Volks- und Heereskrankheit, published in 1903. Subject :Trachoma. Summary: This book, Trachoma gives one of the finest accounts available of the history of trachoma, as well as insights into the challenges ophthalmologists faced before etiology was discovered and sulfa drugs and antibiotics became available. Item #171284
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